As an immature bachelor many years ago, I made elaborate plans to move to a "UFO hotspot" and live out my life there, becoming rich and famous on
the strength of my sightings and photographs. I actually
did research the hell out of the subject, and
did find a location that
answered all of my "hotspot" criteria:
Prescott, Arizona.
The place was (and I think
still is) sort of a hub of UFO and UFO-minded activity in the Southwest United States. Well, keep in mind that
Arizona itself is one of the strangest places on Earth, and I'm not just speaking in the metaphysical sense — Arizona is a geologic, meteorologic,
meteoritic and anthropologic
Twilight Zone, even before you throw into the mix the
mystic tribal presence, as well as a good long
treasure-hunting and
black-ops history. Then, like a cherry on top, Arizona hosts some of the hottest UFOs, to boot.
Prescott is situated kind of equi-distant to everything that is cool in Arizona, plus it has drawn a mighty contingent of UFO seekers over the
decades. These wouldn't be the foppish
Roswellian UFO souvenir-seekers, either. I'm talking about the
hardcore George Adamski-type
UFO seekers. I believe several of their "groups" are still to be found in and around Prescott to this day.
Anyway, I contacted real estate professionals in Prescott, learned all I could about the area's projected growth, including the fact that it's
prime retirement property, beautiful ponderosa pine country, and growing commercially by leaps and bounds. I was
seriously planning to
move there and start my life anew as a UFO hunter, had even made my hotel reservations for the exploratory visit...
And then the
Great Wheel of Fate turned, and I found myself traveling in the
opposite direction from Prescott, Arizona, finally settling
upon an island off the Florida coast. I still have the feeling that
other forces were at work in preventing me from moving to Prescott, AZ.
But, then, I had a few
really good sightings in Florida,
and in Texas,
and in the Carolinas, as well.
It probably isn't so much a matter of
where you hunt as it is a matter of your
hunting technique. I would suggest
looking
upwards a great deal — that has always worked for me.
No, seriously. You'd be surprised at how many people
never look up
into the sky.
Good luck!
— Doc Velocity